The world is long overdue for a completely new system of governance. Every political system we have tried has proven incapable of protecting human rights and dignity. Every political system we have tried has devolved into oligarchy.

Twenty-one thinkers and activists from around the world gathered at
Crottorf Castle near Cologne, Germany, on June 25-27, 2009, to discuss
their shared interest in the commons as a new paradigm of politics,